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Japan will launch a joint investigation with South Korea and other neighbors into how radioactively contaminated water accumulating on the premises of the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant is affecting the surrounding ocean, Japan’s chief nuclear safety regulator said.
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FUKUSHIMA — An alpinists’ club based here in the prefectural capital has completed a color-coded map of radiation levels on mountains across the prefecture.
This is the first time since the outbreak of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster that such a map has been produced, and shows (...)

High radiation readings suggest new water tank leak at Fukushima
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Very high radiation levels were observed Saturday at three tanks and one of the pipes connecting them at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, pointing to the possibility that radioactive water may have (...)

S. Korea bans fish from NE Japan on radiation fears
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea announced Friday that it was banning all fish imports from along Japan’s northeastern coast because of what officials called growing public worry over radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean near (...)

Nuclear risks not bound by borders: Fears grow over South’s atomic plants 200 km from Fukuoka
BUSAN, South Korea – One of the key issues in Sunday’s Lower House election is the future of Japan’s 50 commercial nuclear reactors, all but two of which remain off line in light of the Fukushima (...)

On March 25, thousands of Korean anti-war activists, union members and ordinary citizens gathered Seoul Plaza for a series of massive people’s rallies. The protesters gave voice to many demands related to the livelihood and safety of ordinary Korean people: repeal of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade (...)

SEOUL—The city assembly of Busan unanimously adopted a recommendation on March 22 calling for the “immediate closure” of the No. 1 reactor at the Kori nuclear power plant located in the city.
The move comes after all power was lost for 12 minutes on Feb. 9 at the No. 1 reactor. But the (...)

If Japan is wondering about the future of its nuclear industry, South Korea has already chosen : it is to be developed. Thus despite recent problems, such like emergency stoppage on January 12 of one of Wolseong plant’s reactor, the third in a month. ON January 13, the company in charge of (...)